RELAY - Definition & Meaning for Kids

Simple definitions and word synonyms for kids.

Part of speech: Verb

pass along

Example: Please relay the news to the villagers

Categories: Communicate, Pass on, Pass, Pass along, Put across

Part of speech: Verb

control or operate by relay

Categories: Operate, Control

Part of speech: Noun

a fresh team to relieve weary draft animals

Categories: Team

Part of speech: Noun

a race between teams; each member runs or swims part of the distance

Categories: Race

Part of speech: Noun

electrical device such that current flowing through it in one circuit can switch on and off a current in a second circuit

Categories: Electrical device

Relay, Electrical relay, Relay race

The word "relay" comes from Old French relaier, which comes from Middle French relai.

re – A related word in the same word family.

lay – A related word in the same word family.

French culinary terms dominate English cooking vocabulary because of Norman influence.